"Look I note the US Supreme Court decision," said Abbott to reporters on the side of his party's federal council meeting on Saturday.

"I haven't had a chance to study it but, look, what happens in the United States is obviously a matter for the United States... as for our own country, obviously, there is a community debate going on."

"I have views on this subject which are pretty well known and they haven't changed."

Well, in true passive aggressive-style, people on the internet responded by giving the prime minister the Facebook rainbow treatment.

His colleagues, Christopher Pyne and Malcolm Turnbull have said this weekend that they'd like a marriage equality Liberal party decision this year. Well maybe they should be lobbying their party leader, Rainbow Tone.